The cyber security market has experienced a constant growth, largely driven by the demand for integrated security solutions, increased data privacy & compliance regulation and the growth of wireless connectivity. The market is expected to continue its growth path, with the push from actors such as rapid adoption of cloud computing, demand for mobile security solutions and security at utilities. Apart from this, in the defense sectors, we see continued increase in the US Government budgets and agency spending on national security, to the tune of over $700 billion.

MarketsandMarkets segments the cyber security market report into types, solutions, verticals and geographies. The types of security that have been analyzed in the report include network security, end-point security, application security and data & wireless security. Among these, Application security is estimated to have the highest CAGR of 17.6% between 2011 and 2016, followed by data & wireless security with a CAGR of 10.4%. The technology and solutions segment covers data encryption, data recovery, anti-virus, firewall and vulnerability management. Among these technologies, data encryption is expected to witness the most significant growth at 33.4%, followed by vulnerability management at 18.1%.

The global defense cyber security spending market is expected to grow from $70.1 billion in 2011 to $105.0 billion by 2017, at an estimated CAGR of 7.6% from 2012 to 2017. North America is the biggest spender in this market, contributing to more than 42.3% of the overall defense cyber security spending, growing at rate of 6.4%.

Apart from providing a comprehensive analysis of market forecasts and opportunities, the report also studies the growth strategies and recent developments of leading vendors A competitive landscape section provides in-depth information on the latest mergers & acquisitions (M&A), joint-ventures & collaborations and venture capital funding trends. Some of the leading companies that have been profiled in this report include Cisco (US), Check Point Software Technologies (Israel), Kaspersky Lab (Russia), Fortinet (US), IBM (US), CA Technologies (US), McAfee, Inc. (US), and Symantec (US).

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